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Chapter 123 The future is yours

At around six in the evening, the game is about to start.

The starting lineup of both sides appeared on the big screen.

For the Trail Blazers: Tim Hardaway, Hawkins, Clifford, Barkley, Malone.

As in the previous game, let Sabonis play as a substitute, and Malone and Barkley partnered inside.

The Lithuanians are also in good shape, and they have adapted quickly to the new rules. The 20-minute All-Star insider has the strength.

It's just that there are plenty of insiders, so the veteran can rest more or take a little more rest, and it can also allow Malone to hone his coping ability more.

For the Lakers, the starting lineup is: Van Exel, Eddie Jones, Cedric Ceballos, Elden Campbell, O'Neal.

Malone really wants to target Kobe, a rookie, but unfortunately, Kobe doesn't have a starting position yet, so he can't do anything about it.

"But there will be opportunities later."

Malone glanced at Kobe on the bench and walked onto the court.

The referee held the ball and came to the middle circle, and Malone glanced at O'Neal on the opposite side.

He could feel that the big shark was very energetic, and he knew that this narrow-minded guy would fight with all his strength this time.

After a while, as O'Neal jumped high and dialed the basketball first, the Lakers got the first attack.

Malone just thought about it, tipped his toes, turned around and quickly returned to defense.

Even if there is a height advantage of more than ten centimeters, if the big shark is serious, Malone can't jump him. It's better to get down quickly to prevent the Lakers from playing a fast break.

Malone's strategy worked.

Van Exel rushed the ball and was blocked by Tim Hardaway.

In just one shot, after Eddie Jones broke through, he looked up and saw that Malone had already settled inside.

The 'bottom mouse' Cedric Ceballos, who wanted to sneak attack, was stared at by Malone.

As long as he dared to come in, Ma Long dared to slap and slap him away.

The fast break failed, and Van Exel stabilized his position.

When O'Neal entered the low position, Van Exel made a cross step and broke through.

But failed to get rid of Tim Hardaway.

Seeing the pincer attack coming up, the passing route towards O'Neill was tightly blocked, Van Exel grabbed the ball and took off to make a mid-range shot.

duang~
After taking the million ring, Tim Hardaway was full of energy. This time the interference was timely, and Van Exel hit the iron!
O'Neill rushed to grab, with great strength like a dragon walking on the ground.

Fortunately, it is still within the range that Malone can resist.

After Malone blocked O'Neal, Barkley got the rebound and passed it to Clifford.

Clifford passes to Tim Hardaway again.

The little beetle immediately went down quickly, and passed Van Exel with a change of direction, grabbing the ball and seemed to be about to shoot.

Eddie Jones behind him took off, but when he jumped up, he realized that Tim Hardaway took the ball back again, broke through from his side to the basket and made a layup!

0 is better than 2!

Change direction + worship Buddha!

Tim Hardaway has a string of two, showing the style of his outside thighs!
The speed is not as fast as the No. [-] pick Iverson, but the weird rhythm is just as hard to guard against!
Del Harris on the sidelines had no choice but to akimbo.

This opportunity is very undeserved.

Malone is one of the few big centers in the NBA who can compete with O'Neal in terms of strength. The Sharks should not rush to grab offensive rebounds knowing this.

Harris also understood the reason, but he still couldn't beat it.
He shook his head and sat back.

It doesn't matter, as long as this big baby is happy.

On the court, after Van Exel advanced through the frontcourt, he took the initiative to attack again.

Although he still failed to make a breakthrough, he successfully passed the ball to O'Neal this time.

O'Neal leaned against Malone in a low position, swayed his shoulders and made a fake move. After deceiving Malone's center of gravity, he passed the ball to the other side.

Cedric Ceballos cuts from the baseline, blasts past Clifford for a layup.
Snapped!
A big hand suddenly appeared and covered the basketball hard!
It's Malone!
Malone knew early on that Cedric Ceballos would sneak up and complete the volleyball block.

It's just that the strength was too much, the basketball bounced out, was snatched by Elden Campbell, and hit the board at close range.

2 is better than 2
Although they entered, the morale of the Lakers was still affected.

Cedric Ceballos looked at Malone in shock, not expecting Malone to turn around so fast.

This reminded him of the fear of facing the Trail Blazers twin towers last season.
He had a hunch that this block was just the beginning.

Cedric Ceballos' hunch was right.

In the next few rounds, relying on his flexibility and speed advantages, Ma Long fully adapted to the 3-second limit of defense, and played extremely brutally on both ends of the offense and defense.

Walking like a ghost, his bottom line mouse was played by Ma Long between applause.

The big shark was also covered by Malone, which was quite embarrassing.

However, as the Lakers made adjustments, O'Neal and Eldon Campbell cooperated, and the inside line was no longer one-sided.

Eldon Campbell is a CIC threat.

Barkley's offense is strong, and the defense is not considered a stretch, but it is not to the level of Sabonis.

Although Malone has adapted to the rules, the final version is different.

Relying on O'Neal's restraint, the Lakers' offense went smoothly.

But the Trail Blazers still firmly grasp the rhythm.

Tim Hardaway played very excitedly in this game, blowing up the Lakers' back line by himself.

The Lakers made adjustments, and Tim Hardaway cooperated with Malone in the pick-and-roll.

If you want to say which tactic O'Neal hates the most, the first must be the shark-cutting, and the second is the pick-and-roll.

Fortunately, O'Neal, who has not gained weight, has good agility, and he played very seriously in this game, so he barely managed it.

But as Barkley started to exert his strength and Tim Hardaway looked for opportunities without the ball, the Lakers' defense was washed into a sieve.

O'Neal also encountered problems on the offensive end.

Tim Hardaway's investment in this defense, coupled with Hawkins and Clifford's flank interception, and Malone's flexibility to move forward.

It is impossible for O'Neal to catch the ball comfortably, and it is also difficult to think of getting opportunities in the low post.

This is determined by the characteristics of O'Neill.

Invincible in the low position is invincible, but you can't catch the ball!
The outside line was blown up, and the inside line was choked.

With Tim Hardaway's explosion and Malone's steady performance, the Trail Blazers have already led by 4 points in the halfway through the first quarter.

In the second half of the first quarter, Sabonis played, and the cooperation of the two towers completely strangled O'Neal.

Continued to play in the second quarter, looking at the big fat man with Sima's face on the opposite side, Ma Long smiled and started to attack the inside line.

With Sabonis, Malone can play comfortably at the power forward position.

He only scored 4 points in the first half of the first quarter. After halftime, he scored 24 points by relying on the explosion in the second quarter.

Malone's style of play also drove the team, and the Trail Blazers scored 61 points after halftime.

On the Lakers side, O'Neal had no sense of presence, and the outside line was also blown up. He only scored 45 points in the half.

The Trail Blazers have a full 16-point lead!
After returning from the intermission, Ma Long glanced at the opposite side casually and raised his eyebrows.

Come, come, a hot man is coming!

I don’t know if Silver Fox Harris wants to rely on the rookie to make a move, or he feels that there is nothing to do in this game and let the rookie come up to exercise
In short Kobe is playing.

The corner of Malone's mouth raised, and he found Barkley and Dominic: "I want to say hello to the rookie on the other side."

The two smiled badly.

Who can refuse such a refreshing thing as abusing vegetables.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Lakers took the lead.

Kobe took a deep breath, suppressed his restless heart, and jogged forward according to the tactics.

The current problem for the Lakers is that they can't start the situation.

O'Neal needs outside support.

The outside line needs to be checked by the inside line.

With both sides counting on each other, it becomes a chicken-and-egg problem.

So he, who has outstanding singles ability, went up to try to see if he could open up the situation.

"Needless to say? I can do it!"

Kobe was confident in himself.

But soon, his confidence suffered the first wave of blows.

'Fish' Derek Fisher dribbles upfield, takes a look, and passes to Bryant as directed by the coach.

Kobe just received a pass and met Dominique's rough defense!
This intensity is very high, completely at the playoff level, almost on the verge of fouling.

But this is the home court, and Dominic is also well-measured, and he didn't give the referee a chance to blow the whistle.

Kobe was a little hard to adapt.

Fortunately, he has solid basic skills and top-notch ball skills, and he protected the ball with his back against Dominic.

Eldon Campbell came to meet him.

Kobe was not polite either, and used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Dominick, and just took a step inside, and the huge shadow overwhelmed him.

Malone stood in front of Kobe.

He opened his arms, giving Kobe the feeling that the space in front of him was completely frozen.

This defensive area is too big!
The big one stood in front of him like a heavy truck, and even the basket was completely covered.

This is the man who beat Jordan?

So strong!

Kobe was amazed, and then became even more vigorous.

He's over the top, dribbling and trying to get away.

But no matter how he moves, he can't get rid of Malone's shadow, and was intercepted by Dominique from the side unexpectedly.

After Dominic successfully steals, he dribbles the ball and initiates a fast break, which is as fast as lightning.

Bryant hastily turned and gave chase.

He used all his strength to catch up with him.

But before Kobe could regain his face, Dominic made a pass, and Barkley took off to catch the ball and dunk it into the basket!
After landing, Barkley and Dominic grinned at Kobe: "Rookie, welcome to the NBA."

This is the veteran's welcome.

Kobe stared at them, deeply remembered this moment, and vowed to return it in the future.

It's a pity that this game has no chance.

Under the deliberate targeting of the Trail Blazers' frontcourt trio, Kobe played very hard.

Even if the lead is narrowed, the Trail Blazers just let others attack and stare at Kobe to play alone. No matter how talented Kobe is, he can't help it.

Halfway through the third quarter, Harris replaced Kobe, fearing that his rookie would be beaten by some unscrupulous bastards.

But seeing the heat in Kobe's eyes, Harris felt relieved and thought: This rookie is really like Jordan, maybe he can really become a superstar.
After Kobe went off the field, the Trail Blazers returned to normal.

The Trail Blazers played normally, and the decline that the Lakers stopped started again.

In the fourth quarter, O'Neal was ruthless.

He imitated Barkley and started playing hard from the outside.

Relying on tyrannical explosive power and delicate shots, Sabonis has no way to restrict O'Neal.

O'Neal held back the Lakers' offense on his own.

But there's only so much O'Neal can do.

The Trail Blazers twin towers are affected by the new rules, and he is also one of the weakened big centers.

Pulled out by Sabonis, O'Neal basically couldn't come back, and could only watch Malone beat Elden Campbell in a fancy way.

He used the strength of breastfeeding, but Malone was much more relaxed than him.

After a few minutes of anxiety, O'Neal couldn't bear it in the end. The Lakers collapsed quickly. Harris replaced all the main players and announced their surrender.

After the final whistle sounded, Malone looked at the "Lakers Buster" mission completion prompt that jumped out, and then looked at Kobe's 5-for-1 shooting, 2 points and 1 assist data.

Ma Long was in a dark mood.

The Lakers are such a treasure!
You can abuse food.

There are also task rewards.

Kill two birds with one stone, kill two birds with one stone.

Cool!
Malone was in a good mood and walked to the Lakers bench.

O'Neill's eyes widened: "Find faults?"

"I'll have a word with him."

Malone glanced at him, and said to Kobe: "Don't be discouraged, you have performed very well."

"The future is yours."

".thanks."

Kobe's bad mood is better, and Malone doesn't feel so bad
But when Malone left, Kobe's smart IQ suddenly came online.

The future is mine. Malone seems to be one year older than me, right?

Looking at how Malone played 47 minutes per game in the finals, and his floor-flow style of play, it is completely rushing to play for 20 years.
Kobe's face darkened, and he raised his middle finger towards Malone in his heart.

This scene was also captured by the camera.

The media and fans were very sympathetic to Kobe.

Ma Long likes to engage in mentality.

The 95-year rookie who was in the same class as him was beaten very badly every time he met Malone.

Worst of all was Joe Smith.

Every time Malone hits him, he is very energetic, and he will not stop until he hits Joe Smith 0/21/0.

A good No. 15 pick, and his rookie season data also averaged 8+[-] per game.

Just because of Ma Long's targeting, he has been regarded as the champion of parallel imports, which is miserable.

Now in the second year, Malone intensified and started teaming up with his teammates to fight.

In this game, Kobe has signs of succeeding Joe Smith.

How miserable!

But this also proved one thing.

High school students like Malone are not so easy to come by.

But Bryant's evaluation is very high.

He is only 18 years old, facing the Trail Blazers' intentional targeting, he can still find a chance to score a goal by himself.

This scoring talent is really strong!

It's just that Kobe is not satisfied with this.

Back in Los Angeles that night, I slept for a while and got up at 4 am to start extra training.

He didn't want his entire career to be clouded by that bastard Malone.

Bryant went into '4:[-] a.m. Los Angeles' mode early.

Malone also sees Portland at 4 a.m. — woken up by his daughter.

After finally falling asleep, Ma Long hugged his wife and continued to sleep.

After sleeping until dawn and resting all morning, Malone boarded the bus to Seattle with the team, and was about to challenge his old neighbor, the Supersonics.

(End of this chapter)